When making your own longies or shorties...

[laurensmom]

.....from an old sweater, do you felt the sweater first? And, do you need to use a serger on the seams? Or, can you just sew them?

TIA

[Leigh]

i felt my stuff if i want to be able to toss in the washer..

mostly i dont bother tho unless i buy interlock.

i just sew. i dont have a serger.

[laurensmom]

Leigh-what does interlock mean? I am ignorant when it comes to wool/knitting......

[Leigh]

interlock fabric - definition of interlock fabric by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

Its just a type of fabric.

It's uber expensive. lol (like around $20 /yrd (give or take))

[Leigh]

like, if I buy a Value Village sweater, chances are if I felt it first, I won't have enough material to sew with. (though it does make most wool bulletproof lol). It will most likelychange the appearance and texture.

So I won't felt upcycled wool.

If I buy wool interlock, I'm buying a couple of yards, and I'll wash (it doesn't really change the appearance of the wool either).
I like to be able to toss my wool into the wash, so I don't normally upcycle wool anymore. When I first got into it, I did, but now not so much.

I did luck out and find wool interlock at Fabricland on clearance last year, marked as an unknown fiber, and got a uber good deal on it. lol

[JaJaMama]

Yup I just felt it and sew I tend to go over it a couple of times with a zigzag stitch and that's all ... I just made some yesterday from a sweater from mrsCrunchy